tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148217692018-02-18T18:21:48.703+05:30My tryst with LinuxMy experience with Linux distributions and advice for their use.Kamalakar Agashenoreply@blogger.comBlogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-81058418237080624102017-08-08T15:41:00.001+05:302017-08-08T15:41:27.750+05:30Using Wayland Display Server on Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">After reading on <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/08/ubuntu-confirm-wayland-default-17-10" target="_blank">omgubuntu that Wayland will be the default Display Server on Ubuntu 17.10</a> (under development) I downloaded the Daily ISO of Ubuntu 17.10 and installed on one spare partition.<br /><br />For those who are not aware Ubuntu has dropped Unity and Gnome will be the Desktop for Ubuntu 17.10. Gnome already has Wayland session.<br /><br />At login I selected Ubuntu Wayland Session and could login and use the Gnome Desktop without any difficulty.<br /><br />After testing I connected my Android Phone through Bluetooth and tried to play the Music from JioMusic on Laptop speakers and it worked. But I could not transfer the photographs from the phone.<br /><br />After searching I found a <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-user-share/+bug/1681956" target="_blank">Bug</a> and workaround. To use the workaround permanently I used the following commands:<br />sudo systemctl --global enable obex<br /><br />gnome-session-properties<br />Add a new entry:<br />Name: gnome-user-share-obexpush<br />Command: /usr/lib/gnome-user-share/gnome-user-share-obexpush<br />Save<br /><br />Enable the new entry through the command or relogin.<br /><br /><br />I could transfer the photos to the laptop.<br /><br /><br />Now I decided to use Wayland on my present OS i.e. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.<br />I had already added Gnome Desktop earlier since it is going to be the default Desktop in upcoming versions. I installed gnome-session-wayland logged out and tried to login after selecting Gnome Wayland session but could not login.<br /><br /><br />Then I discovered that there is a <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1695872" target="_blank">Bug</a> for login through LightDM greeter.<br />I&nbsp; switched to GDM3 through:<br />sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3<br /><br />Now I could use Wayland on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS as well by selecting Gnome Wayland session. <br /><br /></div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com07, I.P.Extension, Patparganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110092, India28.619365 77.290258328.6176225 77.2877368 28.621107499999997 77.2927798tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-29365519742753069122017-07-04T12:41:00.000+05:302017-07-04T12:41:23.118+05:30I forgot password of Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I forgot Ubuntu 16.04 login on my Lenovo Laptop and wanted to create new password.<br /><br />In Grub menu I clicked on Advance Options and selected Recovery Mode to boot.<br /><br />After boot in Recovery Mode I selected Root and pressed enter to get Root Terminal.<br /><br />Ubuntu Recovery Mode mounts / File System in Read Only mode, therefore I remounted it.<br /># mount -o remount /<br /><br />and I could set the password by typing<br /># passwd username<br /><br />and after<br /># reboot<br /><br />I could login with the new password.<br /><br />Next Day I remembered the forgotten password and restored it once again.</div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Patparganj, Delhi, India28.6199877 77.29235500000004328.5921137 77.252014500000044 28.6478617 77.332695500000042tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-49284783002168659902017-06-21T15:52:00.001+05:302017-06-22T09:04:02.705+05:30My Laptop is on IPv6 and fallback IPv4 through Jio Hotspot.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--gcGV9bB9s8/WUpH4Ay-Y0I/AAAAAAAABQ8/flFYPrsWtXgLkFUG2eFSNEL_f7c9YygZwCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2Bfrom%2B2017-06-21%2B15-46-17.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="356" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--gcGV9bB9s8/WUpH4Ay-Y0I/AAAAAAAABQ8/flFYPrsWtXgLkFUG2eFSNEL_f7c9YygZwCLcBGAs/s640/Screenshot%2Bfrom%2B2017-06-21%2B15-46-17.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What is IPv6?</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">IPv6 is short for "Internet Protocol Version 6". IPv6 is the Internet's next-generation protocol, designed to replace the current Internet Protocol, IP Version 4.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In order to communicate over the Internet, computers and other devices must have sender and receiver addresses. These numeric addresses are known as Internet Protocol addresses. As the Internet and the number of people using it grows exponentially, so does the need for IP addresses.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">IPv6 allows more users and devices to communicate on the Internet by using bigger numbers to create IP addresses. Under IPv4, every IP address is 32 bits long, which allows 4.3 billion unique addresses. An example IPv4 address is:</span></span><br /><pre><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">172.16.254.1</span></span></pre><pre></pre><pre><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In comparison, IPv6 addresses are 128 bits, which allow for <br />approximately three hundred and forty trillion, trillion unique IP <br />addresses. An example IPv6 address is:</span></span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">2001:db8:ffff:1:201:02ff:fe03:0405</span></span></pre><pre></pre><pre><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">One day Internet Speed was slow on my Mobile and I changed</span></span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">to APN Protocol IPv4/IPv6 and it improved</span></span></pre><pre></pre><pre><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But I was getting only IPv4 address on Laptop connected to the</span></span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hotspot. Then I changed Hotspot settings also to IPv4/IPv6.<br /></span></span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now I am having both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses on my Laptop.</span></span></pre><pre><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></pre></div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0पटपड़गंज, दिल्ली, भारत28.6199877 77.29235500000004328.5921137 77.252014500000044 28.6478617 77.332695500000042tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-16024296433176420302017-06-15T11:16:00.001+05:302017-06-15T11:19:23.183+05:30Bodhi Linux 4.2.0 a light distro based on Ubuntu 16.04<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-51t2ROTXKRk/WUIb6A4c2VI/AAAAAAAABQQ/-g6CurjCYS4RDCZBjgilibCLcfrSyWRxwCLcBGAs/s1600/shot-2017-06-14_12-58-04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="358" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-51t2ROTXKRk/WUIb6A4c2VI/AAAAAAAABQQ/-g6CurjCYS4RDCZBjgilibCLcfrSyWRxwCLcBGAs/s640/shot-2017-06-14_12-58-04.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Bodhi Linux 4.2.0 was announced on 31st May 2017 and I &nbsp;decided to try it compare how light it is compared to Ubuntu 16.04.<br /><br />I was impressed with the memory used on booting to the Desktop:<br />~$ free -m<br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; total &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;used &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;free &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;shared &nbsp;buff/cache &nbsp; available<br />Mem: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1706 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <b>160</b> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1185 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 9 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 360 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1378<br />Swap: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1023 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1023<br /><div><br /></div><div>I was also impressed with the memory used with 3 Tabs open on Midori Browser:</div><div><div>~$ free -m</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; total &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;used &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;free &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;shared &nbsp;buff/cache &nbsp; available</div><div>Mem: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1706 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <b>565</b> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 704 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;19 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 436 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 960</div><div>Swap: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1023 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1023</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately Google does not support Midori Browser and the New Post Page refused to open on Blogger.</div><div><br /></div><div>I installed Chromium Browser from Bodhi AppCenter and using it now with 4 Tabs open:</div><div><div>$ free -m</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; total &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;used &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;free &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;shared &nbsp;buff/cache &nbsp; available</div><div>Mem: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1706 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1008 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 135 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;23 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 561 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 505</div><div>Swap: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1023 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1023</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Although the Blogger New Post page refused to open gmail opens but complains of unsupported Browser but mail &nbsp;functions work.</div><div><br /></div><div>I am happy &nbsp;with Bodhi &nbsp;Linux 4.2.0 performance.<br /><br />I could also edit this page on Midori Browser. It works.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Patparganj, Delhi, India28.6199877 77.29235500000004328.5921137 77.252014500000044 28.6478617 77.332695500000042tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-32059209500464625712017-06-05T19:57:00.001+05:302017-06-05T19:57:21.578+05:30Correct way to watch JioTV and other apps on Jio Network and enjoy free calls.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Jio has been providing 1 GB daily Data and free incoming and outgoing calls to any Network since Sep 2016 to those who had 4G Phones in the name of&nbsp; Welcome Offer, Happy New Year Offer and&nbsp; Summer Surprise Offer but I find that many people are not enjoying the offers fully.<br /><br />Most people have Broadband Connection at home and their phone gets connected to Home Wifi Network when they reach home. Now if they try JioTV it does not work because it necessarily requires Jio Mobile Network. For JioTV to work properly at home you need to disconnect from Home Wifi Network and connect only to Jio Mobile Network.<br /><br />For receiving and making free calls, if your phone is Volte it works even when you are on Home Wifi Network.<br /><br />If your phone is only 4G (without Volte) you need to disconnect from Home Wifi Network and connect only to Jio Mobile Network and keep Jio4GVoice app working to receive and make free calls.</div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Patparganj, India28.6193462 77.2901590999999833.0973116999999988 35.981565099999983 54.1413807 118.59875309999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-64590119037470691372017-05-30T09:06:00.000+05:302017-05-30T09:06:28.066+05:30Reverification of Mobile nos through Aadhar and locking of Biometrics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I received sms from Idea that I need to get the re-verification through Aadhar Biometric since it is mandatory now. Without giving a second thought I went to neighborhood Idea Customer Care Center and told my Mobile number. They sent an OTP on the number and after getting the OTP began the process of verification through Aadhar Biometric. My finger Biometric did not work after many attempts.<br /><br />After coming home I recollected that I had locked my Aadhar Biometric through <a href="https://resident.uidai.gov.in/biometric-lock" target="_blank">Aadhar Services website</a>. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i4IfIrGpOjs/WSzmJJ76PGI/AAAAAAAABP0/Hqeeays_Qeolwt9QS8RxMnjYfibFPbowgCLcB/s1600/Screenshot%2Bfrom%2B2017-05-30%2B08-40-55.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1241" height="183" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i4IfIrGpOjs/WSzmJJ76PGI/AAAAAAAABP0/Hqeeays_Qeolwt9QS8RxMnjYfibFPbowgCLcB/s400/Screenshot%2Bfrom%2B2017-05-30%2B08-40-55.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />I went back to the site and unlocked the Biometric but it allowed me only 20 minutes after which it would be automatically locked again. Then I disabled the Biometric lock.<br /><br />After going back to Idea Customer Care Center I could re-verify my Mobile no through Aadhar Biometric.<br /><br />I have enabled the Biometric lock once again and I hope to remember to disable it again if I need verification anytime in future.</div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Patparganj, भारत28.6193462 77.2901590999999833.0973116999999988 35.981565099999983 54.1413807 118.59875309999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-84035693818307187122017-05-18T12:15:00.000+05:302017-05-18T12:15:45.613+05:30Ubuntu Desktop Team wants your feedback.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><strong>The Ubuntu Desktop team is&nbsp;tasked with transitioning Ubuntu desktop over from Unity to GNOME — and they need your feedback to help them do it.</strong><br /><br />The above poll is appearing on <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/05/ubuntu-desktop-gnome-extensions-survey-1710" target="_blank">OMGUbuntu</a><br /><strong> </strong><br />I am using Ubuntu for more than 12 years now. From next year Ubuntu 18.04LTS Ubuntu is going to shift from Unity Desktop to GNOME.<br /><br />Presently I am using Ubuntu 16.04LTS and generally use GNOME fall-back session. I was also keen to try GNOME Desktop on Ubuntu 16.04.<br /><br />I clicked on the Install GNOME shell link on OMGUbuntu page, installed it and logged out of fall-back to GNOME session.<br /><br />GNOME extensions are installed through Browser but Firefox requires you to enable GNOME integration. For this I followed following page on <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/01/install-gnome-shell-extensions-firefox-chrome" target="_blank">OMGUbuntu</a> <br /><br />After integration I went to <a href="https://extensions.gnome.org/" target="_blank">GNOME Extensions</a> page and installed the following extensions:<br /><div class="arconix-column-one-half"><ul><li><a href="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/307/dash-to-dock/">Dash to Dock</a></li><li><a href="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/277/impatience/">Impatience</a></li><li><a href="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/118/no-topleft-hot-corner/">No Top Left Hot Corner</a></li><li><a href="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/15/alternatetab/">Alternate Tab</a></li></ul></div><div class="arconix-column-one-half arconix-column-last"><ul><li><a href="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/6/applications-menu/">Applications Menu</a></li><li><a href="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/759/better-volume-indicator/">Better Volume Indicator</a></li><li><a href="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1031/topicons/">TopIcons Plus</a></li></ul>&nbsp;</div><div class="arconix-column-one-half arconix-column-last">and participated in the survey. I also installed Caffeine and Open Weather extensions.</div><div class="arconix-column-one-half arconix-column-last">&nbsp;</div><div class="arconix-column-one-half arconix-column-last">I am now using GNOME Desktop on Ubuntu 16.04. </div></div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Patparganj, भारत28.6193462 77.2901590999999833.0973116999999988 35.981565099999983 54.1413807 118.59875309999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-26760412402157702292017-05-02T15:51:00.001+05:302017-05-02T15:51:06.980+05:30Transferring Contacts from Nokia X2-00 to Android Phone <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I am helping husband of my sister-in-law to shift from ordinary Nokia phone to Volte smartphone. For buying his preference was Samsung Volte so we bought Samsung Galaxy On7 Pro online. After delivery of the phone and charging the Battery we went to Reliance Digital Express to buy Jio sim. The main problem was to transfer Contacts from Nokia Phone to the new Android Phone.<br /><br />I got the Model No of Nokia Phone by dialling *#0000# it was Nokia X2-00<br />Then I searched suitable Nokia Suite for the Model and downloaded Nokia Suite 3.8.54 on Laptop.<br />I connected the phone to the Laptop through USB Cable and tried to Synchronize Contacts on Nokia Suite but it failed. Then I switched on Bluetooth on the phone and connected through Bluetooth. I could synchronize the Contacts.<br /><br />I exported all the Contacts to a Folder NokiaX2-00<br />I opened the Windows Terminal and typed the following command after navigating to NokiaX2-00 folder.<br />COPY *.VCF combined.VCF<br /><br />I exported the file combined.VCF to Google Contacts and synchronized on Android Phone.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Sector A, Shahpura, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462039, India23.2005153 77.425517723.1932178 77.4154327 23.2078128 77.4356027tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-49971493342360182622017-04-25T21:14:00.001+05:302017-04-25T21:14:43.638+05:30Fix for JioTV not working.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I am presently at Bhopal and my Jio phone is on roaming. Today JioTV did not work in spite of internet speed of 15 Mbps or more. After googling I got following solution which worked for me.<br />1. Uninstall and reinstall JioTV app.<br />2. Go to Settings/Mobile Network/Access Point Names/APN which is Jionet. Edit the following setting.<br />APN Protocol IPv4<br />APN roaming protocol IPv4<br />Bearer LTE<br />JioTV started working.<br /><br />Yesterday one old man brought his smart phone Panasonic Eluga Switch. He had Jio sim in slot 1 and Airtel sim in slot 2. After Android System update the Ringtone did not work for sim2.<br />After struggling for two hours I found interrupts setting in Sound in which calls was disabled. After enabling it the ringtone worked for sim2.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Shahpura, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India23.221233859352537 77.35902786254882823.213936359352537 77.348942862548824 23.228531359352537 77.369112862548832tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-40128294039810584112017-02-24T08:34:00.001+05:302017-02-24T08:34:50.767+05:30Improvement in Internet Speed on Jio Network at Delhi.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Since I have come back to Delhi on 8th Feb 2017 I&nbsp; find that Internet Speed has greatly improved at my home. Earlier I could watch videos only during morning upto 7 AM now I could watch them anytime.<br /><br />One more&nbsp; good news is the Android version on my Cooldpad Mega 2.5D is upgraded and now the 4GVoLTE phone calls are working fine from Dialer.<br /><br />The present Data Limit on Jio is&nbsp; 1 GB/day and due to this competition Airtel Broadband has revised the Monthly Data Limit to 30 GB and speed to 16 Mbps at the minimum tariff of Rs 899/month with unlimited free local and STD calls.<br /><br />Jio has announced that it will charge Rs 303/month for 1 GB/day Data under Prime Subscription from 1st Apr 2017. This is almost 1/3 of what I am paying to Airtel.<br /><br />Let me see whether Airtel Broadband further reduces Tariff.</div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com07, I.P.Extension, Patparganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110092, India28.619365 77.290258328.6176225 77.2877368 28.621107499999997 77.2927798tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-24558812199306005852017-01-31T11:41:00.000+05:302017-01-31T11:41:27.217+05:30Problems with voice calls on Jio 4GVoLTE.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I was using Coolpad Mega 2.5D since Oct 2016 on Jio 4G network. Voice calls used to work through Jio4GVoice app. Since the update dated 27th Jan 2017 of Jio4GVoice app is asking me to use the phone dialer since this is VoLTE phone but it is very difficult to use the phone dialer for making voice calls. It does not connect unless I disable and re-enable the enhanced 4G LTE mode in network settings.</div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-71926606256740401342017-01-04T15:38:00.000+05:302017-01-04T15:41:05.336+05:30Cashless Transactions since Nov 8 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I was already using paytm since Feb 2015 for Mobile Recharge then in Oct 2015 I did online shopping on it. In Jan 2016 I paid first electricity bill on it. During the year 2016 I used freecharge or paytm for payment of electricity bill. Then Mother Dairy introduced paytm on milk booths and I was first customer using paytm on nearby Mother Dairy Booth. I had also used Debit and Credit cards for online transactions and shopping for many years.<br />In short I was fully ready for cashless transactions when old currency was banned on Nov 8 2016. I happily used paytm or credit card wherever acceptable.<br />I grabbed UPI ID userid@icici when it was offered by ICICI Bank and ready for UPI Transactions.<br />I downloaded BHIM android app and got mobileno@upi ID also.<br />This worked very well for ICICI Bank.<br />My other Bank Account is in BOB but I was not using Mobile Banking on it since the registered mobile no was on ordinary mobile phone.<br />I tried *99# service on this phone by got Transaction declined message. I called their 1800223344 no and after waiting for long I could talk to customer care person and he told me to activate mobile banking through their ATM. I did it through Net Banking and got m-pin. After 4 hours I could use *99# system on ordinary mobile phone and could transfer money through it to my ICICI Bank.<br />I am now looking forward to use BHIM app on my smart phone and *99# on ordinary phone for online and offline shopping instead of paytm.</div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Greenwood Park Extension - LIG, Street Number 101, BA Block(Newtown), Action Area I, Newtown, New Town, West Bengal 700156, India22.5862721 88.46033599999998422.5858141 88.459705499999984 22.586730099999997 88.460966499999984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-79454642518992528802016-11-15T21:57:00.001+05:302016-11-15T21:57:06.472+05:30How to unzip the password protected zip archive.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Today I received TDS Certificate pdf file from IDFC Bank which was inside password protected zip folder.<br /><br />I could not extract the file on Ubuntu 16.04 and also on Windows 10.<br /><br />Then I tried unzip command and got the following error:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">unsupported compression method 99</blockquote>After googling the error I learnt that I required latest version of p7zip-full(version 16.02) whereas the available version on Ubuntu 16.04 is 9.20.<br /><br />I installed the latest version as follows:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/backports<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install p7zip-full</blockquote>If you use Windows you can get latest p7zip from <a href="http://www.7-zip.org/download.html" target="_blank">this link</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Ankur Apartments, 7, I.P.Extension, Patparganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110092, भारत28.619365 77.290258328.6176225 77.2877368 28.621107499999997 77.2927798tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-90025151294145051472016-10-23T12:47:00.002+05:302016-10-29T19:26:46.256+05:30Enjoying Free Internet and Calls on Reliance Jio on brand new Coolpad Mega 2.5D.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I bought Coolpad Mega 2.5D on Amazon, going to get 15% Cashback from Citibank for this purchase and availed Welcome offer of Reliance Jio.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hl2LTwrNhic/WAxjpwuN54I/AAAAAAAABM4/XQI1mhfgdKQaJ6u1Wo-PknHH15Y6aTC1ACLcB/s1600/CoolpadMega.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hl2LTwrNhic/WAxjpwuN54I/AAAAAAAABM4/XQI1mhfgdKQaJ6u1Wo-PknHH15Y6aTC1ACLcB/s320/CoolpadMega.jpg" width="164" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Now enjoying free data and voice calls upto 31st Dec 2016 as per Welcome Offer of Reliance Jio.<br />All Voice Calls on Reliance Jio Network are VoIP calls consuming Data. But after 31st Dec 2016 the Data consumed for Voice Calls is not going to be charged making the calls as free.<br />The lowest <a href="https://www.jio.com/en-in/4g-plans" target="_blank">Tariff</a> for 28 days is going to be Rs 149/- providing 0.3 GB Data, however, this Tariff cannot be availed as first re-charge. First re-charge has to be Rs 499/- for 28 days providing 4 GB. Anyway it is a deal.<br />Update on 29/10/2016<br />Since 3 days we are at Bhopal where Jio network is excellent. We watched TV Programs on JioTV and ozee apps and making calls to friends all for free.</div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-46813035475255927732016-08-26T20:37:00.001+05:302016-08-26T20:42:30.680+05:30Get Color Emoji on Ubuntu 16.04<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">First <a href="http://eosrei.github.io/emojione-color-font/full-demo.html" target="_blank">click on this link</a> to see whether you see Color Emoji or Black and white.<br /><br />Install from the ppa<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">sudo apt-add-repository ppa:eosrei/font<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install fonts-emojione-svginot<br />sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ys/emojione-picker<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install emojione-picker</blockquote>Restart Firefox Browser and check again <a href="http://eosrei.github.io/emojione-color-font/full-demo.html" target="_blank">on the link</a> and you will see Color Emoji.<br /><br />😄 😄 😄 😄<br /><br /></div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Ankur Apartments, 7, I.P.Extension, Patparganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110092, भारत28.619365 77.290258328.6176225 77.2877368 28.621107499999997 77.2927798tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-90726358051748225512016-08-15T12:21:00.000+05:302016-08-15T12:21:36.569+05:30Playing Linux Desktop Audio on Chromecast.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I was using Chrome Browser to play Audio &amp; Video from my Linux Desktop to Chromecast through Chrome applications.<br /><br />I learnt about <a href="http://mkchromecast.com/" target="_blank">mkchromecast</a> and installed it on Debian Testing which is my alternative to Ubuntu 16.04.<br /><br />After installing the .deb package I had to install the dependencies through apt-get install -f install command.<br /><br />I opened VLC and started playing my favourite music.<br /><br />I had to run mkchromecast through terminal and it got connected to Chromecast and asked me to open pavucontrol and change the sink to mkchromecast.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GUykewBdrkM/V7Flwl9tOEI/AAAAAAAABJo/vwAyx-R6gv8Cl568y_qEn0HMWHBB6NFFACLcB/s1600/Screenshot%2Bfrom%2B2016-08-15%2B12-16-48.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GUykewBdrkM/V7Flwl9tOEI/AAAAAAAABJo/vwAyx-R6gv8Cl568y_qEn0HMWHBB6NFFACLcB/s320/Screenshot%2Bfrom%2B2016-08-15%2B12-16-48.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Ankur Apartments, 7, I.P.Extension, Patparganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110092, India28.619365 77.290258328.6176225 77.2877368 28.621107499999997 77.2927798tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-12755559240125828712016-06-28T11:34:00.001+05:302016-06-28T11:34:27.917+05:30Removing old kernels on Ubuntu.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">On Linux distributions you get kernel update and the images of old kernels remain on your machine occupying space. I got a kernel update today:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">$ uname -r<br />4.4.0-28-generic</blockquote>After restart I could see that the image of old kernel was present on the machine:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">$ dpkg -l | tail -n +6 | grep -E 'linux-image-[0-9]+' | grep -Fv $(uname -r)<br />ii&nbsp; linux-image-4.4.0-24-generic&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.4.0-24.43&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; amd64&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP</blockquote>I removed the old kernel by using following commands one by one:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">sudo dpkg --purge linux-signed-image-4.4.0-24-generic<br />sudo dpkg --purge linux-image-extra-4.4.0-24-generic<br />sudo dpkg --purge linux-image-4.4.0-24-generic</blockquote>I removed the kernel headers by using following commands one by one:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">sudo dpkg --purge linux-headers-4.4.0-24-generic<br />sudo dpkg --purge linux-headers-4.4.0-24</blockquote>Since I remove the previous image on every kernel update I had to remove only 4.4.0-24 but if you are doing it first time you may have many images starting from 4.4.0.21<br /><br /><br /></div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Ankur Apartments, 7, I.P.Extension, Patparganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110092, भारत28.619365 77.290258328.6176225 77.2877368 28.621107499999997 77.2927798tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-39950264641157071632016-05-28T17:00:00.001+05:302016-05-28T17:00:46.111+05:30TintCore Linux on Lenovo G50-45<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">About 8 years ago I tried TinyCore Linux and developed a couple of tcz files to the project.<br /><br />Yesterday I downloaded the latest TinyCorePure64-7.1 ISO and made a UEFI bootable USB stick to try it. I could boot to the desktop and connect through wired network (wireless wlan0 was not detected out of the box but that was expected from the Tiny Linux distribution). I installed Opera Browser.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L3LAlRULNPw/V0l9cy8uN-I/AAAAAAAABIc/ZMbmpl1JiWIQrlUotr4kcTuj5WlMVfCaQCLcB/s1600/screenshot_0528111029.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L3LAlRULNPw/V0l9cy8uN-I/AAAAAAAABIc/ZMbmpl1JiWIQrlUotr4kcTuj5WlMVfCaQCLcB/s320/screenshot_0528111029.png" width="320" /></a></div>After searching on the Forums, I installed following tcz files:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">wireless-4.2.9-tinycore64.tcz</blockquote>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;wireless_tools.tcz<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">firmware-rtlwifi.tcz</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">wpa_supplicant-dbus.tcz</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">wpa_supplicant.tcz</blockquote>After this wlan0 was detected but I had to make wpa_configure.conf file and connect through following command:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">$ sudo wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/opt/wpa_configure.conf &amp;</blockquote>I have added the above command to /opt/bootlocal.sh to automatically connect on next boot.<br /><br />Now I can explore this Tiny Linux distribution once again.<br /><br /><br /></div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Ankur Apartments, 7, I.P.Extension, Patparganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110092, India28.619365 77.290258328.6176225 77.2877368 28.621107499999997 77.2927798tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-86299739321598080532016-04-21T14:14:00.001+05:302016-04-21T14:14:48.607+05:30Running Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus on my Lenovo G50-45 Laptop.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I had downloaded Ubuntu 16.04 Daily ISO and was periodically updating it using zsync. I updated it this morning to version 20-Apr-2016 22:30 and assuming it that it is going to be the Final version installed it to hard disk replacing Ubuntu 14.04.4 Trusty (which I was not using anyway).<br /><br />See the screen shot below with Unity Launcher moved to Bottom using Unity Tweak Tool (which is now available in Software).<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QWt22baNhrg/VxiR6wwZ_GI/AAAAAAAABHs/BfODmooPG8EJBrPJWSp0UQ-B15V8AkEngCK4B/s1600/Screenshot%2Bfrom%2B2016-04-21%2B13-59-52.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QWt22baNhrg/VxiR6wwZ_GI/AAAAAAAABHs/BfODmooPG8EJBrPJWSp0UQ-B15V8AkEngCK4B/s400/Screenshot%2Bfrom%2B2016-04-21%2B13-59-52.png" width="400" /></a></div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Ankur Apartments, 7, I.P.Extension, Patparganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110092, India28.619365 77.290258328.6176225 77.2877368 28.621107499999997 77.2927798tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-16711194454896068732015-10-24T12:28:00.000+05:302015-12-17T12:50:52.763+05:30Transfer files from Android to Ubuntu 15.10 Lenovo G50-45 Laptop using Bluetooth.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><article><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I struggled to use Blue-tooth on my Ubuntu 14.04 Lenovo G50-45 and eagerly waiting for Ubuntu 15.10 which has Linux Kernel 4.2 and proper drivers for using Blue-tooth on this Laptop. As soon as Ubuntu 15.10 Development version Kernel was upgraded to 4.2 I installed it and happily using it. Although the Laptop got connected through Blue-tooth to my Android Phone I had to try various things including&nbsp; obex-data-server etc. to transfer the files.<br /><br />On 22nd Oct 2015 final version of Ubuntu 15.10 was available I downloaded the ISO and made a USB stick and decided to connect Android phone to the laptop using Blue-tooth on Live Ubuntu 15.10.<br /><br />I had to install Bluetooth Manager to transfer files to and from Android Phone to the laptop.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3RFcYvDJ72k/VisrUwQI7bI/AAAAAAAABE8/0OZWm6LNHZE/s1600/Screenshot%2Bfrom%2B2015-10-24%2B12-21-22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3RFcYvDJ72k/VisrUwQI7bI/AAAAAAAABE8/0OZWm6LNHZE/s400/Screenshot%2Bfrom%2B2015-10-24%2B12-21-22.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div></article></div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Ankur Apartments, 7, I.P.Extension, Patparganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110092, India28.619365 77.290258328.6176225 77.2877368 28.621107499999997 77.2927798tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-56932377645162660252015-10-16T11:14:00.002+05:302015-10-17T09:21:31.834+05:30Importing ICICI Bank, other Banks and Android Applicaton Transactions in GnuCash.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I <a href="http://kagashe.blogspot.in/2011/09/importing-icici-bank-and-other-banks.html" target="_blank">posted</a> about the same topic in 2011. I have decided to maintain the Books of Accounts on my own in the Current Financial Year 2015-16 (since the tryst with Steam Turbine is temporarily suspended and tryst with Linux is on which the readers of this Blog would have noticed anyway looking at frequency of my posts). I installed GnuCash 2.6.6 on Ubuntu through Software Centre couple of days ago and started importing the Bank Account Files. ICICI Bank no longer offers QIF/MSMoney Fomat download as stated in comments on the year 2011 post. No problem for me. I downloaded the Excel File and saved as CSV which was accepted by GnuCash in the option "Import Transactions from CSV".<br /><br />I imported the transactions from Bank Accounts, Credit Card Accounts and the corresponding debit/credit entry went into Imbalance and only task then was to change the imbalance into the correct account.<br /><br />I have again become my own CA, thanks to GnuCash.<br /><br />I also installed GnuCash Application on Android Phone, created Expenses Account, entered the Cash transactions while shopping, exported the transactions in QIF File, imported that File on Desktop Application and the Transactions are entered there. Great going.</div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Ankur Apartments, 7, I.P.Extension, Patparganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110092, India28.619365 77.290258328.6176225 77.2877368 28.621107499999997 77.2927798tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-65364810038339049902015-10-13T18:29:00.000+05:302015-10-13T18:29:22.315+05:30Filing Income Tax Return using Java Utility on Ubuntu.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">My CA audits my accounts and sends me the XML file of Income Tax Return for uploading it to <a href="https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/" target="_blank">Income Tax Return e-Filing site</a>. I check the XML file by opening it in the Browser or if I see that a thorough check is necessary I use other tools including Excel Utility for which I need Windows.<br /><br />This year I decided to use the Java Utility available in Downloads section of e-Filing site. When I opened it typing ./ITR.sh in the Terminal it produced an error. On Googling I found that I need an older version of Java to use it.<br /><br />I went to <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-javase8-2177648.html" target="_blank">Java Oracle site</a> and downloaded the old version jre-8u51-linux-x64.tar.gz and extracted it to /opt/jre (I had to create the directory). Since the latest version of JRE openjdk-8-jre 8u66-b01-5 was installed on my Laptop I removed it and had to use "G Alternatives" to add the path /opt/jre/1.8.0_51/bin/java for Oracle Java.<br /><br />I could then use the utility by typing ./ITR.sh in the Terminal and open the XML File to view the Income Tax Return.<br /><br />I made necessary changes in the Return after consulting my CA and could submit it directly through the utility without logging to e-Filing site.</div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Ankur Apartments, 7, I.P.Extension, Patparganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110092, India28.619365 77.290258328.6176225 77.2877368 28.621107499999997 77.2927798tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-64676106066172940412015-10-09T11:17:00.001+05:302015-10-09T12:01:41.268+05:30My Karbonn Sparkle V Androidone received Marshmallow 6.0 update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9x2N8uEOFCg/VhdUT2pz4WI/AAAAAAAABEg/glU8I0RSUb4/s1600/Screenshot_20151009-111311.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9x2N8uEOFCg/VhdUT2pz4WI/AAAAAAAABEg/glU8I0RSUb4/s640/Screenshot_20151009-111311.png" width="358" /></a></div>After formatting the SDCard I could move some applications to SDCard. </div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Ankur Apartments, 7, I.P.Extension, Patparganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110092, India28.619365 77.290258328.6176225 77.2877368 28.621107499999997 77.2927798tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-56447772099849466022015-10-08T09:15:00.001+05:302015-10-08T09:15:36.484+05:30Upgrading Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 my experience.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Although this is Linux Blog I have decided to write about my upgrade experience from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10.<br /><br />My LenovoG50-45 came with pre-installed Windows 8.1. I had disabled Automatic Update on Windows 8.1 and use to update once in a while. When MS decided to give free upgrade to Windows 10 I went through the procedure which asked for applying all pending updates to Windows 8.1 to see Get Windows 10 application. When I clicked on the application it asked to wait for my turn. Becoming restless I searched for how to get immediate upgrade and enabled something which did not work. Finally I got permission to download on Get Windows 10 application and started download of about 2.8 GB. After download got finished something happened during preparation to install and it started the download of 2.8 GB once again.<br /><br />Getting frustrated I decided to re-install Windows 8.1 through one-key recovery. While booting in re-installed Windows 8.1 MS asked whether I was interested in upgrade to Windows 10 and I said yes to it.<br /><br />Windows 8.1 re-install damaged Grub2 which I corrected using Boot-repair.<br /><br />After couple of updates to Windows 8.1 (not all) Windows 10 download appeared on Windows update and I finished the download in 6 hrs (I have 1 Mbps connection).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-izxgPzUtAiU/VhXjecIeo4I/AAAAAAAABEM/CFbwd3cjUOw/s1600/Screenshot1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-izxgPzUtAiU/VhXjecIeo4I/AAAAAAAABEM/CFbwd3cjUOw/s400/Screenshot1.PNG" width="400" /></a></div>After finishing download it changed to "preparing to install" and I had to wait patiently for this activity since Windows extracts the 2.8 GB file in the background.<br /><br />Finally it was ready to upgrade after accepting EULA. The upgrade took lot of time and there were three reboots. On the last boot Windows asked several questions and the best one was to go for express install which I declined and chose "Custom".<br /><br />After booting to the Desktop Windows 10 did not allow to disable automatic updates but I searched in Wi-Fi Settings to declare my connection "metered" which prevented the automatic update.<br /><br />Fortunately Windows 10 upgrade did not touch grub2 and I could boot to Ubuntu 14.04.3.<br /><br />From Ubuntu 14.04.3 Grub2 I could not boot Ubuntu 15.10 using systemd and had to use upstart option. I used Boot-repair once again on installed Ubuntu 15.10 to re-install Grub2.<br /><br />Finally I have Windows 10/Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS/Ubuntu 15.10/android-x86 multi-boot successfully working on my laptop. </div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0Ankur Apartments, 7, I.P.Extension, Patparganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110092, India28.619365 77.290258328.6176225 77.2877368 28.621107499999997 77.2927798tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14821769.post-66392069203419174272015-09-27T12:45:00.000+05:302015-09-28T16:39:21.000+05:30Running Android 5.1 lollipop on my Laptop.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Recently I came to know that you are able to run android-x86 on PC and Laptop. I downloaded the stable version of Android 4.4 Kitkat and tried it but it did not boot to GUI and presented Root Terminal. Then I did some debugging and came to know that for the AMD APU with radeon R2 on my Laptop I should try a test build of Android 5.1 Lollipop.<br /><div><br /></div><div>I am now running live session of Android 5.1 on my Laptop and posting this on Chrome Browser. I could not take a screenshot now in this session but I will post it later.<br /><br />I downloaded a recent test build and could install it on hard disk on ext4 partition and added following menuentry in grub2 to boot it:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">&nbsp;menuentry 'Android-x86 5.1 on sdaX' --class android-x86 {<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; set root='(hd0,gptX)'<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; linux /android-2015-08-16/kernel root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 quiet SRC=/android-2015-08-16 DATA=/android-2015-08-16/data<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; initrd /android-2015-08-16/initrd.img<br />}<br /></blockquote>&nbsp;I could take screenshot by pressing PrtSc key.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_ARrTBnyKxM/VgkffM8GufI/AAAAAAAABD4/kha1jBHKxVA/s1600/Screenshot_2015-09-28-15-04-32.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_ARrTBnyKxM/VgkffM8GufI/AAAAAAAABD4/kha1jBHKxVA/s400/Screenshot_2015-09-28-15-04-32.png" width="400" /></a></div></div></div>Kamalakar Agashehttps://plus.google.com/112680610200769473710noreply@blogger.com0